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VAHB319Intro
25%
Firearms instructors and safety programs; National Rifle Association and United States Concealed Carry Association. Removes references to the National Rifle Association (the NRA) and the United States Concealed Carry Association from the Code that al...
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2024-02-07
To House Appropriations Committee
VASB223Intro
25%
Unlawful picketing or parading to obstruct or influence justice; penalty. Provides that any person who, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing or intimidating in ...
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2024-02-07
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
VASB481Intro
25%
Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
VASB57Engross
50%
Carrying a concealed handgun onto the premises of any restaurant; penalty. Makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person, except for active and qualified retired law-enforcement officers, to carry a concealed handgun onto the premises of any restaura...
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2024-02-06
Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
VASB689Intro
25%
Exemptions to article; cruise ship gaming in the offshore waters of the Commonwealth.
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
VASB690Intro
25%
Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program; fee. Raises from $300 to $350 the maximum fee that may be charged to a person required by the court to enter the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program upon conviction of certain offenses related to driving a m...
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2024-02-05
Stricken at request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
VAHB1235Intro
25%
Carrying concealed handguns; protective orders. Authorizes any person 21 years of age or older who is not prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm and is protected by an unexpired protective order to carry a concealed handgun...
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2024-02-02
To House Public Safety Committee
VAHB1424Intro
25%
Firearm purchases; permit to purchase a firearm required; penalties. Requires Firearm purchases; permit to purchase a firearm required; penalties. Requires any person purchasing a firearm from a firearms dealer to present a valid permit issued by the...
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2024-02-02
To House Public Safety Committee
VAHB298Intro
25%
Charitable gaming; use of proceeds. Allows a qualified organization to use a predetermined percentage of its receipts for those expenses relating to facility maintenance and upkeep, such as any rent or mortgage payment and utility expenses, and used ...
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2024-02-01
Incorporated by General Laws
VAHB1016Intro
25%
Charitable gaming; definition of "organization." Modifies the definition of "organization" for the purposes of charitable gaming in the Commonwealth to include an organization that is exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Re...
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2024-02-01
Stricken from docket by General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
VASB56Intro
25%
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc.; exceptions for law-enforcement officers. Adds an exception for off-duty law-enforcement officers to th...
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2024-01-31
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
VASB700Intro
25%
Prostitution; solicitation; penalties. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for a third or subsequent offense of solicitation of prostitution from an adult. The bill also makes it a Class 5 felony to solicit prostituti...
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2024-01-31
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
VASB203Intro
25%
Firearms-related offenses; mandatory minimum sentences; penalty. Increases from five to 10 years for a second or subsequent offense the mandatory minimum sentences for use or display of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies.
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2024-01-29
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
VASB221Intro
25%
Use, display, or concealment of firearm in committing certain felonies; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of a separate felony if he carries about his person any pistol, shotgun, rifle, or other firearm that is hidden from common observation ...
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2024-01-29
Incorporated by Courts of Justice
VASB583Intro
25%
Carrying a firearm or explosive material into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exception for highway rest areas. Provides that the prohibition on carrying a firearm or explosive material in any building owned or leased by the Commonwea...
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2024-01-29
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
VAHB12Intro
25%
Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of handguns; child safety warning required; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any handgun to...
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2024-01-26
Incorporated by Public Safety
VASB120Intro
25%
Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity; penalties. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination in employment and in places of public accommodation beca...
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2024-01-24
Incorporated by Courts of Justice
VASB193Intro
25%
Fleeing from a law-enforcement officer; penalty. Removes the requirement that a law-enforcement officer have the immediate physical ability to place a person under arrest for the crime of fleeing from a law-enforcement officer.
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2024-01-24
Stricken at request of Patron in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
VASB348Intro
25%
Gaming; posting of illegal gaming tip line information. Requires those legally authorized to sell Virginia lottery tickets or conduct charitable gaming, horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering, and casino gaming in the Commonwealth to post in a conspi...
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2024-01-24
Incorporated by General Laws and Technology
VASB559Intro
25%
Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; penalties. Increases from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony the penalties for the following crimes if a minor is not involved: (i) human trafficking; (ii) receiving money or other valuable thing for ...
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2024-01-24
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
VASB666Intro
25%
Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; state parks; penalty. Provides that every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2024, shall as part of his sentence be for...
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2024-01-24
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
VASB528Intro
25%
Crimes; offenses against the sovereignty of the Commonwealth; unfaithful delegates to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States penalties. Provides that a delegate or interim delegate to a con...
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2024-01-24
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
VASB694Intro
25%
Skill games; exceptions. Clarifies that skill games are a form of illegal gambling except where relevant Code provides otherwise.
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2024-01-24
To Senate General Laws and Technology Committee
VASB55Intro
25%
Purchase of firearms; waiting period; penalty. Provides that no person shall sell a firearm unless at least three days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completes the written consent form to have a licensed dealer obtain criminal h...
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2024-01-22
Incorporated by Courts of Justice
VASB82Intro
25%
Concealed handgun permit; concealed weapons permit. Changes the concealed handgun permit to a concealed weapons permit. The bill provides that a person who obtains a concealed weapons permit may carry such concealed weapons in any place where a perso...
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2024-01-22
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
VASB319Intro
25%
Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm following an assault and battery against a person in a dating relationship with the alleged offender, penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transp...
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2024-01-22
Incorporated by Courts of Justice
VASB639Intro
25%
Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Repeals the procedure by which any attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officer may apply to a general district court, circuit court, or juvenile and domestic relations di...
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2024-01-22
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
VASB551Intro
25%
Purchase of firearms; waiting period; penalty. Provides that no person shall sell a firearm unless at least two days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completes the written consent form to have a licensed dealer obtain criminal his...
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2024-01-22
Incorporated by Courts of Justice
VAHB11Intro
25%
Carrying concealed weapons; knives. Clarifies the types of knives that are prohibited from being carried in a concealed manner.
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2024-01-19
Tabled in Public Safety (12-Y 9-N)
VAHB16Intro
25%
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc.; exception for concealed handgun permit holders. Adds an exception for persons who have been issued a v...
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2024-01-19
Passed by indefinitely in Public Safety (12-Y 9-N)
VASB211Engross
50%
Violation of protective orders; venue. Allows a person to be prosecuted for a violation of a protective order charge in the jurisdiction where the person at whom the violative conduct was directed resided at the time of such conduct.
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2024-01-18
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
VASB332Engross
50%
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments.
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2024-01-18
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
VASB52Intro
25%
Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of felony homicide, which constitutes second degree murder and is punishable by confinement of not less than five nor more than 40 years, if the underlying felonious ac...
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2024-01-17
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
VASB602Intro
25%
Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalties. Provides that a person is guilty of felony homicide, which constitutes second degree murder and is punishable by confinement of not less than five nor more than 40 years, if the underlying felonious ...
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2024-01-17
Incorporated by Courts of Justice
VASB77Intro
25%
Punishment for conviction of fourth or subsequent misdemeanor larceny; penalty. Provides that any person convicted of a fourth or subsequent larceny offense, regardless of whether the prior convictions were misdemeanors or felonies, or any combinatio...
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2024-01-15
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
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